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Business-to-business mobile gaming platform provider Nektan has struck a deal with UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 to develop a freemium bingo game based on popular television programme ‘Come Dine With Me’.

Online casino and sports betting provider Webis Holdings has announced it is to close its betinternet.com fixed-odds betting and games operation in order to focus solely on its WatchandWager deposit wagering subsidiary.

Intelligence Centre

Sam Altman, President at YCombinator will lead us through 20 sessions with the likes of startup experts like Peter Thiel, Aaron Levie, and Reid Hoffman to discuss how to come up with ideas and evaluate them, how to get users and grow, how to do sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, company culture, operations and management, business strategy, and more.

Henrik Tjarnstrom took up the chief executive job at Unibet in the wake of the group's exit from the French market in 2010. Since then he has masterminded Unibet’s re-entry into regulated markets across Europe - and in Australia - without sacrificing growth or destroying shareholder value. iGaming Business spoke to Tjarnstrom about how he has achieved this balance, why not giving up on poker was the right decision and why potential Swedish regulation is about so much more than tax and duty.

As Jenny Williams prepares to leave her position as chief executive of the UK Gambling Commission, she spoke with John Hagan of Harris Hagan about the state of the UK's gambling industry, the introduction of the point of consumption (PoC) regime, the fight against illegal operators and how involved she is in the process of finding her replacement.

News Analysis

William Hill and Ladbrokes share some similarities but when it comes to online betting and gaming, they move in totally different circles. And following its results announcement that it would pay a dividend in 2015 without increasing online marketing spend, Ladbrokes has its work cut out if it wants to make a dent in its arch-rival's lead. Scott Longley goes through the figures.

Richard Glynn’s final set of full year results as Ladbrokes chief executive illustrate one of the key flaws of his tenure at the helm: it has taken too long for the group to reach anywhere near this stage, writes Jake Pollard.